French Designer Paco Rabanne Shows Drawings in Moscow". ARTINFO. 5 October 2005 . Retrieved 20 May 2008. Chevalier, Michel (2012). Luxury Brand Management. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-17176-9. Rabanne was born on 18 February 1934 in the Basque town of Pasaia, Gipuzkoa province. [2] His father, a Republican Colonel, was executed by Francoist troops during the Spanish Civil War. [2] Rabanne's mother was a chief seamstress at Cristóbal Balenciaga's first couture house in Donostia, Basque Country, and in 1939 she moved Rabanne's family to France after he opened Balenciaga in Paris. [2] In mid-1950s Paris, while studying architecture at l'École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Rabanne earned money making fashion sketches for Dior and Givenchy, and shoe sketches for Charles Jourdan. He nevertheless subsequently took a job with France's foremost developer of reinforced concrete, Auguste Perret, working there for over ten years. [3] Career [ edit ] Fashion [ edit ] 1967 Rabanne metal and sequin swimsuit 1971 Rabanne metal mail outfit in a fashion show, Germany Rabanne's 1 Million eau de toilette spray

Our rating is an indicator but results will vary based on various factors like individual body chemistry, weather & skin pH level. Leung, Yasmine (3 February 2023). "Who Owns Paco Rabanne Now? Visionary Designer Dies Aged 88". HITC . Retrieved 3 February 2023. In 2011 Manish Arora was named chief designer of Rabanne menswear. Then in 2012 he was replaced in that role by the German fashion designer Lydia Maurer MFIT- Love and War- Paco Rabanne". 3 September 2006. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006 . Retrieved 27 April 2020.Walker, Harriet (12 October 2019). "How Julien Dossenna rebooted Paco Rabanne". The Times . Retrieved 7 February 2023. Goodfellow, Melanie (3 February 2023). "Paco Rabanne Dies: Spanish 'Barbarella' Fashion Designer Was 88". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 3 February 2023.

a b c d e Friedman, Vanessa (3 February 2023). "Paco Rabanne, Couturier of the Space Age, Dies at 88". The New York Times . Retrieved 3 February 2023. Woolnough, Damien. "Paco Rabanne's third reinvention: Julien Dossena". ELLE . Retrieved 27 April 2020.In 1999, he announced that, at the age of seventeen, he had visions of Parisians in flames throwing themselves into the Seine and that after studying other concordant prophecies, he came to the conclusion that the Mir space station was going to crash in France at the time of the solar eclipse of 11 August 1999, its debris causing thousands of deaths in Paris and in the Gers region. [36] On 10 May 1999, he publicly vowed not to make any more predictions if Mir did not crash into Paris on 11 August 1999. [37] However, he claimed to have had an apparition of the Virgin Mary telling him to continue the predictions. [34] Death [ edit ] A re-edit of his classic "le 69" bag was relaunched by Comme des Garçons. [32] [33] Personal life and death [ edit ] Eccentricities [ edit ] He started his career in fashion by creating jewellery for Givenchy, Dior, and Balenciaga and founded his own fashion house in 1966. [4] He used unconventional material such as metal, paper, and plastic for his metal couture and outlandish and flamboyant designs. [5] For the debut of his namesake brand in 1966, he presented "Manifesto: 12 unwearable dresses in contemporary materials". [1] Although he didn't consider himself a futurist, Rabanne's most famous contribution to the fashion industry was arguably his futurist space age designs. [6] People Magazine journalist Hedy Philips noted that these space age designs "turned the fashion world upside down". [7] In addition to his fashion work, Rabanne was known for his fragrances. He created a number of highly successful scents, including Paco Rabanne Pour Homme, 1 Million, and Lady Million. Paco Rabanne Named Officer of Legion of Honor". Women's Wear Daily. 17 November 2010 . Retrieved 6 February 2023.